Uncle spared jail after stealing from nieces

A man who broke into his sister’s home and stole from his young nieces has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Peter Stead admitted burglary on the day of his trial was due to begin and sentence was adjourned until this month.Liverpool Crown Court heard that 29-year-old Stead was at his sister’s home in Devon Street, Leigh on January 26 last year and she thought he was acting strangely possibly because of drugs.
They both left the house after locking it and when she returned that evening his sister Kirsty Stead found a pane of glass smashed in the back door which was ajar.
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